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The dawn of the French renaissance (1918)

Tilley, Arthur Augustus, 1851-1942 · Cambridge : University Press · leaf 469

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, and on the blankwalls which form two sides of the court are Italian circularmedallions, in which are set terra-cotta heads^. In theangle formed by the corps de logis and one of their walls isa Gothic turret, the windows of which are set betweenbalusters and are surmounted by a pediment in the… … Illnl. NcuVlUill Bourges: Hotel Lallemand XIl] ARCHITECTURE II 421 French workman trying to produce Italian forms which hehas evidently never seen. The shell canopy over the lowerwindow is correctly rendered, but he crowns it with a Gothicaccolade. The doorway has a three-centred arch and hntel…

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